Well, I hope that you can forgive me for any monstrosities that I may have accidently made in the creation of this first story, because one, I don't have a beta, I do it all myself, and two, this was off the top of my head a couple of months ago. You like? You review, yes?
I do NOT own the characters, unless I throw a couple in. Any further disclaimer info? Look it up in the dictionary. That should be good enough.
A young male with violet eyes and honey brown hair stood on the deck of the Deathscythe, glancing upwards as the ship gently rolled with the waves as it made its way to the nearest port. He sighed as he calmly looked in the direction he and the crew sailed, and could only hope that they would make it before their 'captive' died from his wounds, if they were indeed that serious.
During their last scuffle with a fellow pirate ship, they had acquired another crewmember, supposedly by force, but he had come to them of his own free will. Turns out his previous Captain hadn't been the nicest and had constantly tortured the boy mercilessly.
The sudden cry of a bird caused him to come out of his reverie. He noted when it lighted down on the deck, but made no move to make it fly off. He was about to turn about to head back to the main cabin, when he felt a pair of eyes on his person. Looking about, he saw no one, so when he glanced down, he found that the bird that had lighted down on his deck was staring up at him. Staring in wonder, he bent and picked the bird up, cradling it in the crook of his arm, softly cooing, keeping the bird calm. The birds' eyes were a startling colour of blue, and several chocolate feathers adorned its head, making the young captain think that, perhaps, it wasn't a normal bird after all. Of course, it also helped that the bird looked nothing of a regular bird that would appear at sea. It appeared to be more of a falcon or a hawk, thus he decided it was some sort falcon. Sighing, he brought the docile bird to his cabin where his newest crewmember rested.
Upon seeing the unconscious boy, the falcon like bird immediately flew out of the youth's arms to the bed where the bed was laid out. Upon perching beside the cataleptic lads head, he fixed the youth with a deathly glare.
"Don't look at me like that bird." The young male in turn fixed the falcon with a glare. " It wasn't me who put him in that state. I liberated him from the man who did." After a moment of scrutiny from the raptor, the male sighed and moved to sit down at his mapping desk. " I'm going insane… I'm talking to a falcon. Wait… I'm not going insane, I'm already bloody insane," snorting, he ignored the two other occupants of the room, and turned to the map. But didn't quite have the chance to actually peer at it before a low groan sounded from the bed. Both the brunette and falcon whipped their heads to look.
Slowly trying to sit up, a black haired youth held a hand tenderly to his head as he attempted to catch his bearings. The slight flutter of wings caught his attention before anything else, and he turned to face the raptor, a small smile on his stern features.
"Heero..." the small murmur caught the others attention and in a soft voice, just incase the youth had a headache he spoke thusly.
" So feather head here has a name?" slowly the falcon and young man turned to where the third occupant of the room was seated grinning slightly. " He glared at me as soon as I brought him in here, and flew straight to your side." The other boy raised an onyx eyebrow.
" That sounds about right… but who are you? And why am I here?" the brunette blinked. Then a scowl appeared on his face when he remembered how the other had come to be aboard his ship.
" You don't remember?" the shaking of his head was the only reply he received. " That bastard Trieze…" when the captain spoke that name though, it seemed as if there was at least some recognition.
" Trieze…?" the name was spoken lowly and slightly fearfully, and the falcon quickly hoped over closer. " No… I remember now…" the brunette nodded.
" Would you care to tell me your name? I can hardly call you boy seeing as you're probably about my age, if not slightly older." The other frowned slightly before he relented.
"My name is Chang Wufei." A nod.
" I see. An oriental… So Wufei it is. You can call me Duo." Wufei raised an eyebrow at the other. Obviously this Duo had had other meetings with those of his race. " Oh yeah… you might not want to get up because of that nasty wound on your abdomen." Wufei looked slightly startled for a moment, before he realized that Duo spoke the truth. " It's obviously not too serious if you're already awake, but one can never be too sure." A grin had flitted onto the braided youths features.
" So… where's your captain?" Duo seemed slightly startled by the question. But he was saved by the sudden intrusion of a tall lanky blonde that reeked of authority.
"Solo? What's the matter?" the blonde looked grim as he halted in front of Duo.
"It's Treize…" he switched his gaze to the startled Wufei. " Seems he doesn't want to give you up without a fight. The falcon lifted off and drifted over to Duo. Tilted its' head briefly, then lighted upon the violet eyed male's shoulder, letting out a battle cry. Duo chuckled darkly.
"Vengeance for 'Fei?" at the nod from the raptor, Duo's face split into a malicious smile as he stood. He looked at Solo questioningly. The blonde smiled broadly.
"It's your ship, Captain. We're behind you all the way." With that, Solo bound out the door, and orders could be heard shouted as a volley of excited cries rose from the men outside. Duo turned to Wufei.
"And that, is the answer as to where the Captain of the ship would be." Duo walked to the door, then turned to look at the black haired youth. "You may want to sit tight, though you'll be in no danger if I can help it. Deathscythe's never lost a battle yet." Wufei nodded, but then called out to the falcon.
"Heero, you may want to offer some assistance, and you won't be much help in that form." Duo looked confusedly at the falcon on his right shoulder, and then turned his gaze to the wounded oriental.
"What?" Wufei just smiled as the falcon slowly glided off Duo's slender shoulder, before lighting on the ground. Violet eyes gazed in amazement as the falcon transformed into a chocolate haired, deep blue eyed, tall, slender male. Duo stared in shock.
"Heero Yuy." The voice was deep and husky with a lilt to it. "I thank you for liberating Chang from Trieze, now I offer my assistance from one captain to another. My ship is titled Wing, and sits not three leagues from here."